Fu Tu 扶突 (LI 18)
TRANSLATION: | Support the Prominence |
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TYPE: | Window of the Sky |
LOCATION: | On lateral side of neck, level with tip of Adam's apple- between sternal head and clavicular head of sternocleidomastoid |
NEEDLE INSERTION: | a. 90° insertion, b. 45° insertion, *Deeper needling may puncture carotid artery or jugular vein. |
NEEDLE DEPTH: | a. 0.3-0.5 cun, b. 0.5-0.8 cun |